Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2023 Dec;57(4):1354-1382. doi: 10.1007/s12124-023-09786-9. Epub 2023 Jun 7.
The rationale for the following unsystematic review article is to provide a dense description of clapping behavior from an ethological, psychological, anthropological, sociological, ontological, and even physiological perspective. The article delves into its historical uses, possible biological-ethological evolution, and primitive and cultural polysemic-multipurpose social functions. It explores the different distal and immediate messages transmitted by the simple act of clapping, to its more complex attributes like synchronicity, social contagion, as a device of social status signaling, soft biometric data, and its, till now, mysterious subjective experience. The subtle distinction between clapping and applause will be explored. A list of primary social functions will be introduced based on the literature on clapping. In addition, a series of unresolved questions and possible research avenues will be suggested. In contrast, out of the scope of the essay and published as a second article will be the contents of clapping morphological variations and a comprehensive description of purposes achieved through them.
本文旨在从行为学、心理学、人类学、社会学、本体论甚至生理学的角度，对鼓掌行为进行深入描述。文章探讨了鼓掌的历史用途、可能的生物-行为进化，以及原始和文化的多义-多功能社会功能。它还探讨了鼓掌这一简单动作所传递的不同的远程和即时信息，以及其更复杂的属性，如同步性、社会传染、作为社会地位信号的手段、软生物识别数据，以及至今仍神秘的主观体验。本文还将探讨鼓掌和掌声之间的细微区别。根据关于鼓掌的文献，本文将介绍一系列主要的社会功能。此外，还将提出一系列未解决的问题和可能的研究方向。相比之下，形态变化和通过这些变化实现的目的的全面描述将不在本文的讨论范围内，并将作为第二篇文章发表。
